Poetry

Quick Writing Exercise

Posted on April 18, 2021

This idea comes from Pete Mitchell’s twitter: “the idea is to use a random word generator to get a list of 10 words (in batches of 5, picking the best one from each batch). then I write to connect the words…” I found a random word generator that lets you set a few variables, including how many words to return. Per Pete’s directions, set it to 5, pick your favorite word from the batch, and repeat the process 10 times.Read More→

Poem Writing Game

Posted on February 17, 2020

I learned this game from my friend Darcy. Basically, you write out a set of 10 constraints and give yourself 2 min to respond to each – write them out, toss them in a pile, draw one at random, start the timer, write, repeat. Just like the songwriting game, the goal is to get yourself out of your head. You can use this as a warm-up, or, if you like what you come up with, shape it up into aRead More→